2022 · drama · thriller
Autobiography (2022)
Directed by Makbul Mubarak1h 55m2022
A young man is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.
Our read: Autobiography (2022) (2022) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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